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May 31, 2009
Contractor Going to Prison for Diversion of Construction Funds
Ira Messing, 61 owner of Hall of Fame Design and Remolding was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison and ordered to pay $845,000.00 in victim restitution. Messing plead to 15 felony counts of diverting construction funds when he contracted with 15 homeowners to install sunrooms in their homes. Instead of using the money to complete the construction projects, Messing used their money to complete older jobs.
Messing was arrested in Kansas and waived extradition to Orange County where he was sentence.
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